Jimmy Wayne

Jimmy Wayne (Barber) was born on October 23, 1972 in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. His biological father abandoned him at an early age. He and his sister were sometimes raised in foster homes or were left with other people when their mother would leave them or go to jail. She served four months in prison in 1985 when Wayne was 12. After entering a county home, Wayne ran away and lived with his mother for a brief time before living on the streets and with his sister, Patricia, for a short while. He eventually moved in with an elderly couple, Russell and Bea Costner, (just down the road from where his mother was living), after being hired to mow their lawn. After finishing high school, he worked as a guard at the Gaston Correctional Facility, where he took songwriting advice from an inmate. He earned an associate's degree in criminal justice at a community college. Afterwards he worked as a corrections officer for 4 years before moving to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue his musical interests.

In Nashville, Wayne worked as a songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music, collaborating with Dean Dillon, Sanger D. Shafer and others while practicing his guitar and songwriting skills. One of his first cuts as a songwriter was "Put Your Hand in Mine," released by Tracy Byrd in late 1999 from the album It's About Time. By 2001, Wayne had signed to a recording contract with DreamWorks Records' Nashville division.

Jimmy Wayne was born Oct. 23, 1972, in Cleveland County, N.C.
His father abandoned the family when Wayne was a toddler, and his mother was in and out of prison twice. Wayne was in numerous foster homes in his life. He was sure his life would never change, so he decided to change it himself. Once, in a desperate attempt to change his life, he swallowed half a bottle of pills and waited. Nothing happened so he decided life must be worth living if for some reason his life was spared.
Growing up in foster homes, Wayne became an avid journal-keeper, using writing as a way of therapy. Living on the streets at 16 and a high school dropout, he was hired by an elderly couple to cut their grass, and eventually, they invited him to move into their home.
With a stable home life, Wayne went back to high school and worked his way through community college, earning an associate's degree in criminal justice. After working in the North Carolina prison system, Wayne moved to Nashville to pursue a music career.

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Do You Believe Me Now

Album:

Do You Believe Me Now
(2008)

Song Details:

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Lyrics:

Do you remember
The day I turned to you and said
I didn't like the way he was looking at you, yeah.
How it made you laugh
You just couldn't get what I was sayin'
It was my imagination.

So do you believe me now?
I guess I really wasn't that crazy
And I knew what I was talking 'bout
Every time the sun goes down
He's the one that's holdin' you, baby
Yeah, and me I'm missing you way cross town
So do you believe me now?

I'm kickin' myself
For being the one foolish enough
Givin' him the chance to step in my shoes
He was bidin' his time
When he saw our love was having a moment of weakness
He was there between us.

So do u believe me now?
I guess I really wasn't that crazy
And I knew what I was talking 'bout
Every time the sun goes down
He's the one that's holdin' you, baby
Yeah, and me I'm missing you way cross town
So do you believe me now?

Ooohoo yeah,
I'll bet now you see the light
What's the use in being right?
When I'm the lonely one tonight.

So do u believe me now?
I guess I really wasn't that crazy
And I knew what I was talking 'bout
Every time the sun goes down
He's the one that's holdin' you, baby
Yeah, and me I'm missing you way cross town
So do you believe me now?
Yeah, So Do you believe me now,
Yeah, every time the sun goes down.
He's the one that's holdin' you baby
Yeah, and me I'm missing you way cross town
So do you believe me now?...

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I Will

Album:

Do You Believe Me Now
(2008)

Song Details:

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Lyrics:

So you’re the one I’ve waited on
The one I’ve been dreaming of
Now that I know, it’s hard to let go
I don’t want to lose your love.

But what can I do, I can’t make you stay here
But if you should choose to go your own way
Where ever you’re going, whenever you turn
Remember this moment, remember these words.

Chorus:
I will, I will give up my life for you if you want it
Give you my heart, you already own it
I’ll do anything, I’ll go anywhere, it’s true
I will, I will, I will.

I look in your eyes and I see our life
So full of happiness
Do you see the same? Or just someone you’ll blame
For things that you might’ve missed.

I don’t want to weigh you down like an anchor
If that’s how you see me now, I would rather
Let you go free, just sail away
If that’s what you need, if that’s what it takes.

Chorus:
I will, I will give up my life for you if you want it
Give you my heart, you already own it
I’ll do anything, I’ll go anywhere, it’s true
I will, I will, I will.

If ever your day is done
Still you feel you need someone to hold you… I will
If you ever need
To talk to somebody who really knows you. Yes I will.

Give up my life for you if you want it
Give you my heart, you already own it
I’ll do anything, I’ll go anywhere, it’s true
I will, I will, I will.
I will…love you...